retrograde

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - verb

1. move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
• Hypernyms:
orb, orbit, revolve
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- retrograding planets
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. move back
- The glacier retrogrades
• Syn:
retreat
• Hypernyms:
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede,
pull back, retire, move back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
• Syn:
regress, retrogress
• Ant:
progress (for: regress)
• Derivationally related forms:
retrogressive (for: retrogress), retrogression (for: retrogress), regressive (for: regress)
• Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
• Hyponyms:
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
5. go back over
- retrograde arguments
• Syn:
rehash, hash over
• Derivationally related forms:
rehash (for: rehash)
• Hypernyms:
recapitulate, recap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

II - adjective

1. moving from east to west on the celestial sphere;
or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
• Ant:
direct
• Topics:
astronomy, uranology
2. of amnesia;
affecting time immediately preceding trauma
• Ant:
anterograde
• Attrubites:
temporal relation
3. going from better to worse
• Syn:
retrogressive
• Similar to:
regressive
• Derivationally related forms:
retrogress (for: retrogressive)
4. moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
• Syn:
retral
• Similar to:
backward

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  retral, retrogressive, regress, retrogress, rehash, hash over, retreat
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  anterograde, direct, progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up